Beginnings of Multiple Star System Formation Observed

February 12, 2015 6:06 PM

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Distant cloud of cosmic gas "caught in the act" of forming what may turn out to be a multiple star system, astronomers announce. Condensing filaments of gas could eventually create a triple-star system, they say.(Photo : NASA, ESA)

Distant cloud of cosmic gas "caught in the act" of forming what may turn out to be a multiple star system, astronomers announce. Condensing filaments of gas could eventually create a triple-star system, they say.